Dziecko Opatrzności albo kwiatek najczulszej i najgłębszej wdzięczności na grób nieśmiertelnej pamięci Wielkiego Papieża Piusa IX mojego najtroskliwszego Ojca i Opiekuna.

Estimate: $600–$900
Hammer price: $700

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(MORTARA, EDGARDO).

printer

By the Author

Place

Cracow

Publication

1899

Description

[“A child of Providence or a flower of the most tender and deepest gratitude to the tomb of the immortal memory of the great Pope Pius IX, my most caring Father and Guardian.”] Polish text. Printed on brown tinted paper, each page within red-ruled border.

summary

Rare speech in Polish by Edgardo Mortara at the tomb of Pius IX, the Pope who, over many decades, kept Mortara from his Italian-Jewish parents. OCLC locates only one copy worldwide. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortara_case#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBenton2013-1.

Ex-library. pp. 16. Original printed wrappers, red on blue, light wear. 8vo.

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